The entrepreneurial/innovative place potential of Swedish cities and towns

The Social Dynamics of Innovation Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 60-80

  Westlund, Hans ^a   Lööf, Hans ^a   Olsso, Amy Rader ^a   Nabavi, Pardis ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84934295562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203701099-16     Document Type: Chapter

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